It's Linda Raynier of lindaraynier.com Career Strategist.

I help driven professionals like you

to enhance your personal brand

so that you can pursue a career you'll truly enjoy

and in this video I wanna share with you a few tips

on how to demonstrate good body language

in an interview setting.

This was something that was actually brought up

by a CEO client of mine during one of our sessions.

He told me how he just recently read an article

that talked about the significance

of nonverbal communication in an interview,

specifically body language and how it impacted

the interviewer's decision

in hiring the particular candidate.

Specifically, this article mentioned

that there was an experiment that was done

where there were three parties involved.

There was the interviewer, there was the job candidate,

and then there was an observer.

So the observer's job was to watch the interview

as it was happening but they couldn't hear

what was being said by either the interviewer

or the job candidate.

And then of course the interviewer's responsibility

was to ask the questions to the job candidate

and go through the course of the interview.

By the end of the interview

the observer and the interviewer compared notes

and it turned out

that they both came to the exact same conclusion

about the candidate.

They had the same perception, they had the same judgements,

and they essentially came up with their own observations

of this individual, this job candidate.

So what I'm saying is the observer only watched in silence

but they came up to the conclusion,

the same conclusion that the interviewer did.

So what that means is that a lot of the times

it really doesn't matter exactly the words

that come out of your mouth.

It's not so much of an emphasis on what you say

but it's more of an emphasis on how you say it

and how you're feeling while you're in the interview.

Now I don't know

if they had a positive or negative impression

of that job candidate.

I didn't even both asking,

but the point is that you need to recognize

how important your body language, your energy,

and really the vibe that you give off in the interview is

because it really does play a role

in determining whether you'll move forward

in the interview process and get the job or not.

So in essence, if you're sending out the wrong vibes

but saying the right things in the interview,

it still doesn't matter because how you're being perceived

is much more than the words

that are coming out of your mouth.

So here are a few things to keep in mind

when it comes to demonstrating positive body language

in an interview.

Reminder number one, interviewers want to feel at ease

and in order for the interviewers to feel at ease with you,

you need to feel at ease with yourself.

So a lot of people think that when they go into an interview

they need to demonstrate their enthusiasm

and be overly excited and show a lot of energy

and the truth is when you do that it just comes off as fake.

It's not as genuine, you're not feeling authentic to them,

it really feels like you're putting on a show,

putting on a theatrical performance

and that's not the point of an interview.

If anything, they wanna see someone

who can demonstrate their true self.

And so the way to do that is to get connected

back to who you are,

to go back to that centered, connected place within you

and then let that confidence come through

and let that excitement come through from that place.

But it's not gonna be an overly dramatic excitement

that's gonna come through,

it's gonna be one where you feel good, you're excited,

but you feel good about this opportunity

and you're gonna go in with that positive mindset

and because you're feeling good in yourself,

they're gonna feel that energy too.

So you have to remember, it all starts with you.

You go back yourself, ask yourself am I feeling positive,

am I feeling good, am I feeling confident?

And if you're not then you have to develop a way

to get yourself feeling that way.

You have to really practice at feeling good.

That's the honest truth 'cause we practice feeling bad

over our lifetime growing up into adults

and it's really the reverse.

You really need to practice feeling good,

feeling confident, and allow that to come from within

and out into the interview room.

Reminder number two, you're the expert so be the expert.

You're the expert meaning you have what they're looking for.

You have the technical skills, the experience,

and the knowledge and the ability and potential

to take on this role.

So you have to remind yourself of that.

A lot of people think that they're going into an interview,

ya know it's a competition against other people

and they have to fight for their job and they have to,

it comes across as desperate basically.

But the goal here is to not see yourself in that way

and see yourself as someone who has a set of experiences

and knowledge and skills that they can make use of

as long as they're willing to hire you.

So you have to demonstrate to them

that you are the person that they're looking for

in the sense that you are the expert in your specific field,

in your specific role.

It's not about being cocky,

it's not about being overly confident,

that's, ya know the farthest end of the spectrum

and it's not about not having any confidence at all

but it's about being somewhere in the middle,

having that calm, confident tone in your voice

and in the way that you present yourself.

Reminder number three,

be present every second that you're there.

This is probably the most important tip that I have for you

and that is that you need to really be present

when you're going into an interview room.

As much as you may have prepared, rehearsed your answers,

rehearsed your interview scripts,

and really rehearsed all your stories ahead of time,

once you're there you need to close the books

and really just be present

when you're sitting in front of that interviewer.

The reason for that is because when they ask you a question

they expect for your answer to really resonate with them.

They expect that the answer

is going to be directly answering

that specific question that they've asked.

And I can tell you that a lot of people go into interviews

and whenever they're being asked a question,

because they're thinking of so many things at once

and they're thinking about the next question

that might be asked

that they're not directly giving the answer

to the question that's being asked at that point in time

the attention and time that it needs.

And so what happens is

you seem as though you're not really listening to them,

you come across as being a little bit frazzled essentially.

Like you're not present essentially.

You're not connecting with them.

And so the most important tip is to be present, be there.

They ask you a question, you take it in

and then you come up and allow for the right stories,

the right words, the right phrases to flow through you.

And because you've already practiced it well ahead of time,

which I hope you did,

then by the time you're in there your subconscious

is going to just start bringing the right words,

bringing the right stories for you to say in that moment

and it'll flow perfectly.

But you have to give yourself that space and time

and that opportunity to truly tap in and listen

and pay attention to the person in front of you

but also pay attention to what you feel

is the right thing to say at that point in time.

So there you have it.

My three reminders that will help you to demonstrate

the right body language in an interview.

So if you're an experienced corporate professional

and you're thinking about making a career move

and you're wondering what direction you should go in next

or you're thinking about improving your resume

and would like some help on that or your interview skills,

feel free to reach out to me, I'd be happy to help.

Just simply go to lindaraynier.com,

click under Work With Me, and you can click under

either Career Coaching Services,

Personal Brand Renewal to Stand Out and Get Hired,

or Intuitive Purpose Coaching

and decide which one you'd like and we can talk some more.

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